Aphyarctia
Aphyarctia surinamensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Subtribe: | Phaegopterina |
Genus: | Aphyarctia Watson, 1975 |
Species: | A. surinamensis |
Binomial name | |
Aphyarctia surinamensis (Rothschild, 1911) | |
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Aphyarctia is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family. It was described by Watson in 1975 and contains the single species Aphyarctia surinamensis, which is found in French Guiana, Surinam, Ecuador and Bolivia.[1][2]